Species Pseudozius caystrus (Adams & White, 1849)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Panopeus caystrus Adams, A. & White, A. 1849. Crustacea. Part II. 33-67 pls 7-13 in Adams, A. (ed.). The Zoology of the Vogage of H.M.S. Samarang; under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B.F.R.A.S., F.G.S. during the years 1843-1846. London : Reeve, Benham & Reeve. [42 pl. 9 fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1847.21 ♂, Eastern Seas.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1847.21 2♀.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Ng, P.K.L. & Wang, C.H. 1994. Notes on the enigmatic genus Pseudozius Dana, 1851 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Journal of the Taiwan Museum 47(1): 83-99 [86].
• Panopeus caystrus White, A. 1847. List of the Specimens of Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum viii 143 pp. [Date published Apr/1847] [125] [nom. nud.].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1847.21 ♂, Eastern Seas.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1847.21 2♀, Eastern Seas.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Ng, P.K.L. & Wang, C.H. 1994. Notes on the enigmatic genus Pseudozius Dana, 1851 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Journal of the Taiwan Museum 47(1): 83-99 [86].
• Pseudozius planus Dana, J.D. 1852. Crustacea, Part 1. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. 13(1): 1-685 [233 pl. 13 fig. 6] [junior objective synonym of Panopeus caystrus Adams & White, 1849].

  Type data:

   Neotype BMNH 1847.21 ♂, Eastern Seas (original type locality was Paumotu Archipelago).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Ng, P.K.L. & Wang, C.H. 1994. Notes on the enigmatic genus Pseudozius Dana, 1851 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Journal of the Taiwan Museum 47(1): 83-99 [86].
• Pseudozius microphthalmus Stimpson, W. 1858. Crustacea Cancroidea et Coryoidea: Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit W. Stimpson. Pars IV. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 10: 31-40 [35].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ♀ (probably lost), Bonin [Ogasawara] Islands.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sakai, T. 1976. Crabs of Japan and the Adjacent Seas. Tokyo : Kodansha 3 vols xxix 773 pp. [English vol.]; 1–16, 251 pls [Plates vol.]; 461 pp. [Japanese vol.]. [471]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Ashmore Reef, Indo-Pacific Oceans.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, littoral, rock bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

Under stones.

 

General References

Ng, P.K.L. & Wang, C.H. 1994. Notes on the enigmatic genus Pseudozius Dana, 1851 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Journal of the Taiwan Museum 47(1): 83-99 [86] (redescription and new figures of types)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Jun-2012		04-Jun-2012	MOVED
26-Mar-2012		26-Mar-2012	MOVED
10-May-2012		18-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)